Fodder loader



Jan. 8, 1924.

R..NOSE

FODDER LOADER Filed Feb. 20, 1922 s Sheets-Sheet 1 Robert/Vase.

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Patented Jan. 8, 1924. V

UNITED STATES PATENT oFF1cE.

ROBERT NQSE, orfFAInMoUN'r, INDIANA.

FODDER LOADER.

Application filed February 20, 1922 Serial No. 537,998.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that ROBERT Nosn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fairmount, in the county of Grant and State of Indiana,

has invented certain new and useful Tm provements in Fodder Loaders, of which the following is'a specification.

The present invention relates to loading machines and particularly to fodder 1oadels, and whilethe apparatus is referred to as fodder loader, it is'to be understood that it is broad enough in its application'to cover a machine for handling in bundle form, material such as corn, wheat, oats, rye, etc. 7 a

One of the principal objectsof this invention is the provision of a loading machine capable of being operated by hand by 'a single person, and so constructed that the 'i bundles may be lifted and thrown with varying degree of force, to the end that said bundles may be arranged-upon the floor of the vehicle to which the loader isattached, in a predetermined position controlled en tirely by the operator. That is to say, the operator, with full knowledge of theoperation of the loader, becomes skilled in the manipulation thereof so that for instance, with the maximum force necessary to load the vehicle, he can throw the first bundles toward the front of the receiving'platform,

and by gradually diminishingthe throwing force, he can arrange the bundles alongside one another until the'rear end of the receiving platform is reached.

This manner in which my apparatus functions, is due principally to a stop device which intercepts the movement of the throwing arms, bringing them to a sudden stop and whereby the bundles are catapulted forward of the vehicle upon engagement of said arms with said stop. As previously stated, a varying degreeof force applied to the means for swinging said arms will re sult in a varlatlon of placement of the bun- V dles, entirely under the control of the operator.

Briefly stated, the operation is performed by an apparatus which initially lifts the bundles through an arcuate path and subsequently projects them in a path on a line substantially tangential to their arcuate lifting path to the end that they may be placed in a predetermined position on a receiving platform dependent upon the degree of force ratus shown in Figure 1;

exerted upon the mechanism, entirely under the control of the operator. In the accompanying drawings,-

Figure 1 is a view, partly in section and partly in elevation of an ordinary farm 5 wagon with my loading device applied thereto; j W

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the crank mechanism forming a part of the-means'for operating the throwing arms; Figure 3 is a top plan view ofthe appa- Figure 4 isa rear elevation'ofthe apparatus shown in Figure l; and r V Figure 5 is a top plan view of one for of operating handle. r 1 we In the drawings, I have illustrated vehi- Y 1 i cle'with which my 'inventionmaybe associated, this consisting of a farm wagon'of the ordinary type in general construction, and comprising abody frame having-longitudinal side sills 2 and transverse members 7 4, suitably mounted on a running gear 6' including ground wheels 8. The loading or r throwing mechanism comprises'a frame embodying a transverse shaft 10 which is journaled' adjacent its ends in bearing boxes 12v secured to the undersides of the side 'sills midway their length'by bolts 14..- Rigidly' secured to the transverse shaft 10 are a plurality of rearwardlyeXtendi-ngparallel spaced spring arms 15, the rear ends of which extend beyond; the rear of the vehicle and are curved upwardlyas at 16 to provide a support for the bundles during the period in which they arebeing lifted, this'curvajture of the arms preventing the bundles being thrown outwardly therefrom by centrifugal force, prior to their being thrown. The lateral arms 15 may be formed, in-

tegral with the transverse shaft 10 as shown in Figure 3 while the intermediate arms'ma struction during transportation, I provide said lever w th a. removable handle 32 as shown by dotted lines 34 in Figure 1, or as shown in =Figure 5,lthe handleunaybe hinged at 36 'tolthe lever so that it may vbezfolded inwardly, a latch 38 here being employed to maintain the handle ,in unfolded orwoperating position.

In their load or bundle receiving position, preliminary to the lifting and throwing operations, the arms, :which ;at this period are substantially parallel with the longitudinal-sills, -rest=upo-n a transverse supporting bar 40 attached :to said rsills adjacent their rearends.

Forithe purpose of causing the bundles I ,carried by the lifting and throwingarins,

gto fbe gprojeeted therefrom in a ,path substantially tangential to their are of travel, ;prior to ;being ,lprojeeted or1thrown, I'providea stop device WhlChiCOlIlPllSCS a-transverse horizontal bar 42 secured at its opposite fC-lld to inclined supporting stakes 44 set in recesses in ;theupper;edg.e s jefsaid side :sills 2, saijdzstakes being further supported by rigid arcuato traelebars 46 ,cured respectively at their ends 1'0 7 the ,top of the stakes 44 and the rear face ofthe said sills. v

In operation, reference being illACl to Figure ;1 which shows diagrammatically the In) ,principle :llPOll-ffvhlgll my;apparatus is designed to operate, a bundle A- of wheat, :eorn, straw; or other anaterial is: placed upon ;the o uter curved ends 16 of the throwing ar-111315. T he handle;32 ;is th,en manually 35 .moved in the direction indioated'by the arrows, zE'igures Z1 and:3, which through the ,=intermeidiate connecting crank and pitman nechanism, will cause-theentire frame eni- -bodying said arms z 15 to;swing;on the of shaft lO intolthe-position shown; by, dotted lines {Figure 1,. at ;whioh;time-the intermediate, portion of the spring arms 15 en agethe transverse stop 42 causing {their rorward n ovement to be halted andZcausing, the; brin- 45 fdleSI tobe-hnrled-or;thrown in aline; tangential to their arcuate.li ftingpath.

'I11;the..-dottedilillediagram shown in Figure 1, the line indicates thelarc through wh c th 9 undl fl av 1 dur ng .the lifting operation and the path taken bythe bundles when projected from -.end of ,each side sill, vertical stakes or stanchions 48 are set which receive the bundles preliminarily "thrown and which serve ltO an'aintain the ibundles piled on the rack.

Having athus fully described the K construction andf'modeofoperation of my invention, what '1 elaimias new and desire ,to protect b Letters aPatent is V 1. In a bundlealoading apparatus, incomybination with a-receiving-rack, a frame pivoted thereon and comprising a. plurality of spaced arms, said arms being provided at itheir free ends with. bundle receiving ;porltions, means :for swinging said frame on its pivot toinitia'lly carry-saidbundles through ,an. arcuatedifting. path, a; transverse stop device supported on and above said receiving rack intermediate ,the :ends of said drains, and 'arcu ateitraclrs supported by said-receivf-ing smel -and intermediate the ends ofsaid pivoted frame and adapted ,to guide said bundles through glZhQlI' gZi-I'CUEL'EG lifting pat-11, said frame being adapted to be abruptly stopped by said-transverse stop device to project/the bundles in a line tangential to @their .arouate; lifting ath.

:2. In a; bundle-loading apparatus, in combination: with a receivin rack, a frame ;pivoted transversely thereon,said frame including a crank shaft, aplurality of; arms carried 1 tiereby and arranged inspacedrelationwith 1 one another, the {ends of saicharms being curvedupwardlyv to provide bundle receiving portions, a pitman connected at i one ,end to the crank ,portion of said crank shaft, an actuating, lever pivotally supported on said rack and connected to the @-op1 )osite- -end ,ot

said pitinan, and ll'lGiLllS on said rack for limiting the swinging ;n1o\;ement said framethe geon.

ln testinion y whereof =1 afiix 111V Signature.

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